The Buckeyes now have a half-game lead over Wisconsin (26-3, 12-2 Big Ten) in the conference race. Ohio State hosts Penn State on Wednesday.

Wisconsin started slow against Michigan State (20-8, 7-6), playing in front of a deafening crowd that was mostly decked out in white as requested by the school's athletic department.

The Badgers trailed 7-0 after coach Bo Ryan picked up a technical, complaining about the lack of a foul call on a Michigan State offensive rebound.

After Ryan cooled down, the Badgers heated up and went on a 16-3 run to take a 16-10 lead. Despite getting outrebounded by a nearly 2-to-1 margin in the first half, Wisconsin was able to head to the break with a 30-29 lead behind Alando Tucker's 14 first-half points.

Michigan State grabbed a four-point lead early in the second half, but the Badgers bounced right back in large part behind Marcus Landry's 3-point shooting. His 3 with 7:34 left gave the Badgers a 47-43 lead.

That's when Neitzel and Michigan State took over.

Landry had 18 points for Wisconsin. Tucker had 16, but only two in the second half.

Travis Walton had 13 points for Michigan State and Raymar Morgan added 12.

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